On Monday, Genlyte Thomas Group announced its purchase of the manufacturing and sales division of Vari-Lite Inc. Since then, people in the lighting industry want to know what it all means. The official statement lays out the basic details: Genlyte is to continue building and selling Vari-Lite product, with Rusty Brutsché, the company's CEO, leaving to run VLPS, Vari-Lite's rental division, as a separate entity.
Some in the lighting industry were shocked to hear about the breakup of ...